The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear

116 mins | Drama, Crime, Fantasy | June 1, 1984

A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio, and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.

The House of Dies Drear

116 mins | Drama, Crime, Fantasy | June 1, 1984

The House of Dies Drear
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio, and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers
Original title The House of Dies Drear
Directors Allan A. Goldstein
Writers Virginia Hamilton, Richard Wesley

Cast

Howard Rollins

as Walter Small

Shavar Ross

as Thomas Small

Gloria Foster

as Sheila Small

Joe Seneca

as Pluto

Frances Foster

as Great-Grandmother Jeffers

Hardee T. Lineham

as Edgar Carr

Tichina Arnold

as Pesty

Kadeem Hardison

as Mac Darrow

Hank Ross

as Wilbur Darrow

Eugene A. Clark

as River Ross Darrow